January in Harrisburg

Hello again!

We've had a busy couple weeks around here.  Ryan's parents visited and we were able to celebrate christmas with them, the Nanna's, and rya's aunt, uncle and cousins over at Nancy's cousin's house.  It was a fun day with gifts exchanged, and a delicious dinner of roast beef in Beth's beautiful home.

Ryan's dad was kind enough to sand our walls in the front room while we were at work, getting ready for painting next month.  It's going to look so much better in there.  We enjoyed a dinner at the Mt. Hill Tavern with his parents, and got to see the original walls and flooring of the restaurant, built in the 1700's.  I wore the maternity clothing that my mom gave me on Christmas - I've been wearing it a lot more often the past couple weeks!

We've been getting a few things ready for the baby.  We moved a bookshelf to her (yes, her!) room after getting a love seat for the living room.  We also moved the recliner up there.  We got a car seat and stroller, a pack-n-play, and some other items as gifts.  It's exciting to see the fun books and cute blankets and things that people have given us.  Baba, too, has been enjoying shopping for the little one.

The sewing mating that Ryan's mom got for me is finally getting some use.  I took a sewing lesson about 2 weeks ago and have made a bib, burp cloth, pillow, and two stuffed animals.

I've been feeling her move quite a bit which is a really cool feeling.  Ryan even felt it once when I put his hand over the area.  We had an ultrasound on Wednesday to check her progress because of this large uterine fibroid of mine.  It was the first u/s Ryan was able to come to, as the others were short notice.  It was fun to see her face on the 3D portion.  Her measurements all look good and we go back in about 6 weeks.

We are also getting ready to go to Florida in few weeks.  Ryan's boss has a house there and has offered it to us for a vacation.  We will be in Sarasota for about 5 days, and I can't wait!  I love Florida.

The house is still coming along.  After getting the love seat for the living room, we got a new TV stand that Ryan is going to put together this weekend.  It should look a little nice next to the fireplace.

This is my first weekend "on" at work.  I'll be working one weekend a month now that I am off of orientation.  I had to admissions yesterday and I have two more today, not too bad of a weekend schedule.  We went out for Greek last night at our (so far) favorite restaurant "Hellenic Kouzina," and had salads.  I had a gyro and Ryan has grilled chicken and rice.  It was really good!

A few pics of the babes room so far:

Stuffed animals and a pillow I sewed

The books heft, never mind all the stuff on it

These will hang above the crib

Happy 2015!

We had a great holiday season with family.  My mom hosted Christmas Eve, which is always a warm and cozy evening with family, Ryan's parents were able to celebrate with us again this year.  We stayed until Sunday, enjoying a Christmas Day dinner with at my Aunt's house, and visiting a couple times with Baba and my grandparents.

We got some really nice gifts from my parents.  My mom got me a pretty sterling silver necklace that symbolizes motherhood along with some maternity clothes I'll be needing very soon (I already wore the purple sweater twice!).  Ryan was all stocked up with gift cards, some new shirts, and a Turtle Fur scarf that he'll use for hiking, biking and running.  My parents also gave us a fireplace set with a poker, broom and pan for our fireplace.  It looks nice by the fire, and we used it on New Years when we lit our first wood fire.

Ryan's parents are coming out to Harrisburg in a couple weeks to have a family Christmas with the grandparents, and Ryan's side of the family.

I had an amniocentesis done just before Christmas after a questionable round of blood work.  I'm happy to report that the results have all been good news.  We also found out that we are having a baby girl!  Somehow finding out the sex of the baby has made the whole thing a little more "real."  We've started a registry, started thinking about things we need, and mentally preparing for parenthood.  Aside from some pain a few weeks ago from a benign uterine fibroid, the pregnancy has been pretty smooth sailing.  Hoping the smooth sailing continues!

On New Years Eve we foolishly tried to eat at two restaurants without a reservation.  The third place we tried was closed, but at our fourth pick we were the only ones there!  We went to Pho Kim's and had a great Vietnamese dinner.  We ordered two items that were new to us and really enjoyed them.

We are getting back into the swing of things with a regular work week this week, and the last of the holiday cookies eaten.  This month we'll be working on getting LG to replace our squeaky dryer, I'll be working my first weekend at my job, we will have another ultrasound and ob appointment.  Happy 2015 everyone!